Hoppe also discusses Curtis Severns and Ed Graf — cases recently featured in the Observer as part of our ongoing investigative series into faulty arson convictions in Texas. (The third story in our series will be published the first week in October.)

Three of the defendants Hoppe features are still in prison: Severns, Graf and Butch Martin, who’s serving a life sentence for starting a fatal fire in Midland.

As I’ve written in this space before, I hope the national controversy sparked by the Willingham case will garner more attention for the many wrongly convicted people still serving prison sentences. Hoppe’s piece is an excellent step in that direction.